Re: Moving from kernel 2.2 to 2.4

John Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:50:20 -0500


On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Alec Smith wrote:

> I understand a large portion of the kernel 2.4 networking code was updated
> and/or completely replaced. Under 2.2 I have ipchains configured to do
> basic masquerading for my local LAN. Is there a straightforward guide which
> describes how to do masquerading and firewalling with 2.4 after moving up
> from 2.2?

http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/

In general, you _have to_ upgrade modutils to at least a 2.3.x revision.

If you use devfs, you almost have to install devfsd, and you really need
to upgrade util-linux (there's a bug in older versions of /bin/login that
barf on the new tty scheme).

I usually do it by compiling and installing a 2.4 kernel; compiling,
installing devfsd (and adding an entry very early in rc.sysinit for it);
installing modutils; and installing util-linux -- then rebooting to test
the new kernel.

--
-- John E. Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu)
-- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.

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